Chief Elie Larue

CHIEF ELI LARUE

Chief Eli Larue is the son of Abraham Larue (Otherwise Brem Larue) and his wife Marie British Columbia Death Registrations He was born in Kamloops British Columbia Marriage Registrations According to the Canadian census of 1891, he was born in 1872 Canada Census, 1881

Step-son of Chief Louis Clexlixqen

Following the death of his father, Eli Larue's mother Marie married Chief Louis Clexlixqen. They were married at Kamloops on 20 February 1889 British Columbia Marriage Registrations

Ducks Robbery, 8 May 1906

In 1906 Bill Miner and two accomplices robbed a Canadian Pacific Railroad train near Kamloops in British Columbia, Canada. Miner was eventually captured, put on trial in Kamloops (which caused a media frenzy), and was sent to the Penitentiary in New Westminster for imprisonment B.C. Penitentiary Collection Eli Larue is very likely the Indian tracker who joined the Posse searching for the men who tried to robb a payroll train at Monte Creek (Then known as Ducks), near Kamloops. After an extensive man hunt the culprits were found near Douglas Lake.

Allied Indian Tribes of British Columbia 1916-27

Eli Larue was one of the Aboriginal Chiefs who travelled to Ottawa in 1916 Canadian Museum of Civilization

First Airplane to land in Kamloops 1919

The first airplane to land in Kamloops arrived in August 1919. It was a Curtis JN4, belonging to the Vancouver Aerial Transportation Company, and piloted by Ernie O. Hall. Hall was a member of the "barn stormers" who travelled around the country offering paid airplane rides. Hall charged $15 for a fifteen minute ride. On August 2, 1919, Walter Brennan became the first Kamloops passenger, followed by many more daring residents, including three young women and Chief Eli LaRue Kamloops Museum & Archives

1926

Eli Larue appears still to have been Chief of the Kamloops Indian Band at the time of his son Eli's marriage in February 1926. For confirmation see the image available at British Columbia, Marriage Registrations

Death and Burial

Chief Eli Larue died at Kamloops in British Columbia on 18 January 1943. He was buried in the Tse Pen Pen Cemetery at Kamloops. British Columbia, Death Registrations, 1872-1986, index and images, FamilySearch

Marriage and Children

Chief Eli Larue married Catherine Falardeau at Kamloops on 3 November 1894. His mother, Marie Larue, and his father-in-law, Louis Falardeau, were the witnesses present and subscribing British Columbia Marriage Registrations

Children

1. Eli Larue
2. Felix Billy Larue
3. Wliiam Larue
4. Kliza Larue
5. Celestine Larue